Regarding televised aggression, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Repeated exposure to media violence may desensitize individuals, making them less likely to react negatively to violence and more prone to engage in it.
b. Compared to its violent content, the competitiveness, difficulty, and pacing of a video game have been shown to have much less influence, if any, on the aggressiveness displayed by the players.
c. In recent years, the violent crime rate among youth has declined even as sales of violent video games have risen.
d. Until further research can more definitively disentangle several issues, the question of whether playing violent videogames triggers aggression towards others remains unresolved.
ANSWER: b
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